More than a decade has passed since then when Panathinaikos found Maccabi Tel Aviv again in the Play Offs, in the last year of Zeliko Obradovic on his bench and at the same time the last appearance of the “clover” in the Final 4 of the Euroleague.
THE Regular Season her Euroleague now belongs to the past as the great moment has arrived where the Play Offs. In fact, this season, after several years, both Greek teams participating in the event will be in the process.
Both o Olympic as well as Panathinaikos AKTOR, won with their progress a place in this particular phase where they will face two more very strong opponents. More specifically, the “red and white” will “put up” with her Barcelona while the “clover” has in front of it a club against which it had faced again, in the same context more than 12 years ago, the Maccabi Tel Aviv.
The 2012 Play Offs
It was during the 2011 season with 2012 when these two teams found themselves in each other’s path again, with Panathinaikos finally taking 4th place, in their last appearance in the Final 4.
In his last year on the bench of “green ones“, The Zeljko Obradovichaving at his disposal, among others, Nick Calathesthe Saras Jasikeviciusthe Dimitris Diamantidis and the Mike Baptistewas able to star once again in the top European event, finding on the way to the semi-final, her obstacle Maccabi of David Blatt, Sophocles Shortsianitis and Thodori Papaloukas.
In the first game held at OAKAThe Panathinaikos had managed to prevail comfortably with 93-73 However Maccabi he immediately evened the series by taking the double me 94-92 after his three-pointer David Blue and his accurate shot Keith Langford in the last seconds.
In Israel, Maccabi took the win once again in the details by score 65-62however the “clover” had not said its last word and passed on Tel Aviv with 78-69thus sending the series to the fifth match.
In the OAKA once again the match was a real derby which however found winners of the “green” who subdued the opponents with the difference literally in the point and the score in 86-85after his well-aimed shot Diamantides in the last 5 seconds.
The path to the Final 4
In ConstantinopleThe Panathinaikos was inclined to face her in the semi-final CSKA Moscow by which he was defeated with 66-64 after being overturned in the last 34 seconds by hand Milos Teodosic and Alexei Sved.
Finally the “greens” finished the season by taking it 4th place as they were subsequently defeated by Barcelona of Xavi Pascual with 74-69.
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